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| Title: | Conservation Status of Maianthemum Species in the Hengduan Mountains: A Case Study Analyzing the Impact of New Policies on Wild Collected Plant Species |
| Author(s): | Ying, Meng
Yongping, Yang
Weckerle, Caroline S. |
| Keywords: | ethnobotany
Maianthemum
Maianthemum atropurpureum
case studies
issues and policy
wild plants
wild foods
China
domestic trade
interviews
threatened species
economic development
functional foods
sampling |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Citation: | Ying M, Yongping Y, Weckerle CS. 2006. Conservation status of Maianthemum species in the Hengduan Mountains: a case study analyzing the impact of new policies on wild collected plant species. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:167-174. |
| Abstract: | Maianthemum G. Weber ex Wigg. (Liliaceae) is a popular wild vegetable in Southwest P.R. China, the consumption and trade of which has recently been stimulated by local government polices and increasing tourism. We interviewed 68 stakeholders in Northwest Yunnan to document uses, harvest methods and amounts, and locally perceived conservation status of the species. Mainly M. atropurpureum (Franch.) LaFrankie, an endemic of the region, is consumed and collected for trade. Harvest methods and amounts differ significantly between different regions. Major regional markets in Northwest Yunnan are supplied with plants collected around Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture, where the intensive harvest is facilitated by trucks. In Zhongdian, Diqing Prefecture, all harvest is transported by men and sold locally. Only collectors in the latter area perceive a decrease of population sizes in recent years. In that area Maianthemum is decreasing due to several factors, such as relative scarcity of the species, habitat destruction, harvest methods, and increasing demand by tourists. Thus, local harvest strategies, which allow a sustainable use of the populations, need to be developed. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/250 |
| ISSN: | 1547-3465 |
| Appears in Collections: | 2006 - Volume 4 : Ethnobotany Research and Applications
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